As a graduate of the Master’s in Health Sciences with a specialisation in Innovation in Public Health, you will be perfectly prepared for a career as a policy maker, consultant, or researcher, for example, in a variety of organisations within the public health sector. Another option is to continue with a PhD programme. Or you could become an entrepreneur and start up your own business.
type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in Innovation in Public Health, you will receive a Master’s degree in Health Sciences. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in the field of innovation in public health.
Job opportunities
As a graduate of this specialisation, you will be a true connector, as you know that efficient collaboration between (public) health organisations can improve health services significantly. Your broad knowledge of the public health systems helps you deal with the complexity of multi-stakeholder challenges – a quality that many organisations in the public health sector are currently looking for. In your future career, you could work as a policy maker, contributing to the development and implementation of effective health policies at local, regional, or national levels, or as a consultant, advising various organisations on the innovation of public health policies and programmes. Or you could become a researcher at an academic institution, or government agency, to name just some of your many options.
Many graduates of this specialisation went on to fulfil policy-related jobs within a variety of organisations. Those organisations include governmental organisations and public health institutions like municipalities, Municipal Health Services (GGD in Dutch), the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) or the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, healthcare providers like hospitals, homecare organisations or mental health institutions, or insurance companies like Menzis or VGZ. But your expertise will also be very useful in umbrella organisations and branch organisations like the Dutch Hospitals Association (NVZ), ActiZ or the Netherlands Patient Federation to name some examples. Or you could work at research institutes like Nivel, IKNL, or Trimbos, or consultancy agencies like PMC or KPMG. The landscape of health-related organisations is extremely broad and diverse, which gives you a wide range of career opportunities after graduation.
Start a business
At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. This University is the birthplace of a large number of high-tech spin-off companies that market developed technologies. You could use your research or even inventions stemming from your master’s thesis and/or your PhD research to start up your own innovative company as well! UT has been voted the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands four times in a row. We have a unique approach of putting scientific knowledge to practical use and turning our expertise and yours into solutions that people and society actually need. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and their start-up hub Incubase on campus.
Continue as a researcher: obtain a PhD
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after completing your Master’s degree, you can opt to follow a PhD programme at Twente Graduate School (TGS). This involves spending four years studying a particular research area in-depth at one of our research institutes. Obtaining your PhD earns you the title of Doctor (Dr).
Interested in doing a PhD? You can check below if there are any vacancies. If not, you can also send in an open application.